The Association of Grip Strength with Depressive Symptoms among Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Different Chronic Diseases

Priscila Marconcin, Miguel Peralta, Gerson Ferrari, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Margarida Espanha, Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz and Adilson Marques
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Priscila Marconcin: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
Miguel Peralta: CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
Gerson Ferrari: Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago 7500618, Chile
Margarida Gaspar de Matos: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
Margarida Espanha: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz: Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
Adilson Marques: CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-10

Abstract: Low grip strength has been associated with an increase in depressive symptoms, independent of age group or gender, although the literature has not investigated this association among different chronic diseases. The present study aims to investigate the association of grip strength and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults with different chronic diseases. A cross-section of data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe wave 6 (collected in 2015) was analysed. Grip strength was measured by a handgrip dynamometer, and the European Depression Symptoms 12-item scale (EURO-D) was used to assess depressive symptoms. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted. Those in the high strength tertile had 42% (95% confidence interval: 0.50, 0.71; p < 0.005) and 41% (95% confidence interval: 0.50, 0.70; p < 0.001) lower odds of depressive symptoms in the ‘no disease’ and in the ‘metabolic diseases’ groups of participants, respectively, compared with those in the lower strength tertile. No statistically significant relationship between grip strength and depression was observed in the ‘arthritis diseases’ group of participants. The association of grip strength with depressive symptoms must consider, besides gender and age group, the chronic conditions that an individual could have.

Keywords: handgrip strength; depressive symptoms; chronic disease; SHARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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